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Charles Barkley dunks on homophobia after former Net Jason Collins" death
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (218+ words) Times West Virginian Charles Barkley is introduced to the new Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor during the NBA game against the Utah Jazz at Footprint Center on Oct. 28, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. Jason Collins looks on in the first half during…...
WVU's Black Culture, LGBTQ+ centers merge as a new center on campus after DEI ban
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (183+ words) Times West Virginian Woodburn Hall on the downtown campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. MORGANTOWN " West Virginia University will merge the university's standalone centers for Black Culture and LBGTQ+ into a new center that will still offer…...
Supreme Court blocks law against schools outing transgender students to their parents in California
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (253+ words) The Supreme Court is clearing the way for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student's approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group. The Monday order blocks for now a…...
SCOTUS vacates lower court's decision on W. Va. Medicaid coverage for adult gender-affirming surgeries
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (297+ words) CHARLESTON" In light of a decision issued by the United States Supreme Court earlier this month, the Fourth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals will now reconsider a case initially settled last year in which the court ruled it was discriminatory for…...
DOGE terminates $9 million West Virginia digital equity grant
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (213+ words) MORGANTOWN (TNS) " A $9 million federal grant to the state Economic Development Department recently got DOGE'd. But the department and Gov. Patrick Morrisey both failed to answer questions about it. Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump meets South African…...